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package org.apache.paimon.spark.procedure;

import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow;
import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructType;

/** An interface that defines an executable stored procedure. */
public interface Procedure {

    /** Returns the input parameters of stored procedure. */
    ProcedureParameter[] parameters();

    /** Returns the type of rows produced by stored procedure. */
    StructType outputType();

    /**
     * Executes the given stored procedure.
     *
     * @param args Input arguments.
     * @return The result of executing stored procedure with the given arguments.
     */
    InternalRow[] call(InternalRow args);

    /** Returns the description of stored procedure. */
    default String description() {
        return this.getClass().toString();
    }
}
